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The experimental effects of off-road vehicle sounds on three species of desert vertebrates : report to the Bureau of Land Management

by: Bondello, Michael C

Publication date: 1979

Topics: Toads -- Effect of off-road vehicles on, Lizards -- Effect of off-road vehicles on, Kangaroo rats -- Effect of off-road vehicles on, Toads -- Effect of noise on, Lizards -- Effect of noise on, Kangaroo rats -- Effect of noise on, Deserts -- California, Deserts, Kangaroo rats, Lizards, Noise, Off-road vehicles, Toads, California

Publisher: [Calif.] : [U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management]

Collection: blmlibrary; fedlink; americana

Contributor: Bureau of Land Management Library

Language: English

Item Size: 236.0M

Approximately 131 pages in various pagings : 28 cm

"Represents the final phase of a three-part study funded entirely by the Bureau of Land Management. The purposes of this study were to provide the BLM Desert Plan Staff with a comprehensive review of the existing literature concerning noise and its effects on vertebrates, baseline data describing ambient sound levels that occur in the deserts of California, and experimental data regarding the impact of ORV (off-road vehicle) sounds on desert vertebrates"--Page ii

Includes bibliographical references

pt. I : Couch's spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus couchi) -- pt. II : Mohave fringe-toed lizard (Uma scoparia) -- pt. III : Desert kangaroo rat (Dipodomys deserti)

Cover title

Contract no. CA-060-CT7-2737